Meriania sanguinea, Ulloa, C 2317--Ecuador. Loja. Cerro Toledo. 30 Sep 2012. DSC06343 (55).JPG
Native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Loja (Loja Canton)
-4.114722, -79.174167
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Podocarpus, entrada Nudo de Cajanuma, Sendero Guardiania - Mirador. Bosque andino. 2875 m.
Collectors
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Xavier Clavijo
Notes
Arbusto 2 m, hojas ampolladas, cáliz verde oscuro, lobos externos del cáliz verde claro. Flores rojo oscuro, filamento y antera rosado oscuro, apéndice amarillo, estilo rojo-rosado.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Meriania
Specific Epithet
sanguinea
Authorship
Wurdack
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#208,623 of 335,497
Top 63%
Extinction probability
11%
